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article 101....CANCER TREATMENT....
light triggers death switch in cancer...
Researchers have created a peptide linked to a light responsive dye, which is capable of switching 'on'death pathways in cancer cells. The peptide remains inactive until exposed to external light pulses which convert it into a cell death signal!!!

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Oh wow where did you find this.

Answer 2

This is amazing.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131016112712.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbiotechnology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+Biotechnology%29

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http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2013/MB/c3mb70246d#!divAbstract

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this peptide drives cyt c to leak out which then triggers normal apoptotic pathway,...resulting in cell death...:D

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That is amazing are they already using it or testing.

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not using it...just at the lab level...

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This actually makes me want to go and hug my papa cause we think he has cancer. This could help him. But also think about theyve been looking for a cure for years.

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hope he cures very soon:D

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He's in his 70's and he's had cancer 2 or 3 times I think and he's cured all of them.

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ohh good!! god give him strength and happiness:D

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There are actually a lot of chemotherapeutic drugs that are photo-activated (e.g. strained ruthenium complexes), or activated through other methods (e.g. neutron bombardment in Boron neutron capture therapy). I think the key component they're missing is being able to get the agents to cancer cells only, which would minimize the damage to healthy tissue. Thanks for sharing nonetheless.

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ohh really? i dint know about that..:O
thanks for sharing that @aaronq

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yeah, there are lot of chemotherapeutic agents that don't make it into clinical trials for one reason or another.

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Im going to start researching this too cause its amazing in almost every way.

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my grandmother died from cancer though i cant remember what type but she died smiling because she knew she would feel better soon

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@shrutipande9 if only they had this fully tested 5-6 years ago

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i wish too...but as aaronq said...many of des meds fail at the clinical trial level..:(